Ali al-Sistani (English Wikipedia)

"Thikra Wafat al-Sayyid Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi Fi 28 Shaban" [Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi's death anniversary on the 28th of Shaban (lunar calendar)]. An-Nabaa Information Network (in Arabic). Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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Zahra, Qasim Abdul; Kullab, Samya (3 March 2021). "Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah". The Associated Press. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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Dagres, Holly (15 March 2019). "A photo op in Najaf reveals an Iran that could be". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

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"Iraqi cleric Sheikh Abdul Mahdi Karbalai warns of 'threat to peace'". BBC News. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

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Martin Kramer (4 April 2003). "The Ayatollah Who Spared Najaf". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2007.

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"IRAQ: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani". Council on Foreign Relations. When Khoei died in 1992, Sistani was selected by his peers to head the most important hawza—or network of schools—in Najaf.

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"Birth place: Mashhad, Iran, Birth name: Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani". CNN.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Fast Facts
"Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Fast Facts". CNN. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

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Sadegh Zibakalam (2 March 2010). "Iran's top priority in Iraq is anti-Americanism". Daily Star. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

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Ahmed H. al-Rahim (2005). "The Sistani Factor". Journal of Democracy. 16 (3): 50–53 [p. 51]. doi:10.1353/jod.2005.0038. S2CID 145657469.

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Knipp, Kersten (3 June 2021). "Ali al-Sistani: Spiritual leader and stabilizing factor". Deutsche Welle.

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"Handwritten verdict of Grand Ayatullah Sistani about Ibn Arabi". Exploring Ibn Arabi, Mysticism and Sufism. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
"Advice to the youth on mysticism – Grand Ayatollah Sistani". Exploring Ibn Arabi, Mysticism and Sufism. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

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"Shiite Cleric Seen as Iraq's Most Influential Leader". Fox News. AP. 27 November 2003. Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007. a frail, 70-something Shiite Muslim (search) cleric with a heart condition—has emerged in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq as the land's most influential figure, something US planners may not have counted on.

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"Foreign actors must not 'impose will' on protests: top Iraq cleric". France24. "No person or group, no side with a particular view, no regional or international actor may seize the will of the Iraqi people and impose its will on them," Sistani said in his weekly sermon read by a representative in the Shiite holy city of Karbala.

hawzahnews.com

"A look at the lineage of Grand Ayatollah Sistani". hawzahnews.com (in Persian).

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"Saudi Arabia: Free Advocate for Shia Rights | Human Rights Watch". 23 March 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

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Luay Al Khatteeb (10 July 2014). "What Do You Know About Sistani's Fatwa?". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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"Iraqi Shia protest against Al-Jazeera's "insults" against top cleric". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2007.

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"السيد السيستاني يشدد على منع التدخلات الخارجية وحصر السلاح بيد الدولة" (in Arabic). INA.

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Zeyad Kasim (6 March 2007). "Messianic Shia Cult Emerges in Southern Iraq". www.iraqslogger.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.

kurdistan24.net

Iranian Intellectual urges Iraq's Sistani to respect Kurdistan Referendum

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"IRAQ: The ayatollah gets hacked". Los Angeles Times. 20 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.

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Andrew M. Cockburn (16 November 2003). "U.S. Ignores This Ayatollah in Iraq at Its Peril". Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via LA Times.

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"In Iraq, Ali Sistani criticizes foreign interference". L'Orient Jour.

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"صوت/ تدریس آیت الله سیستانی به زبان فارسی در نجف". مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 10 April 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2024.; Arabic: علي الحسيني السيستاني;

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Rod Nordland (9 February 2005). "The Cities Were Not Bathed in Blood". Newsweek.^{[dead link‍]}

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Menmy, Dana Taib (8 October 2024). "Iraq expands aid relief for displaced Lebanese as Israel widens attacks". The New Arab. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
Menmy, Dana Taib (25 September 2024). "With air bridge and diplomatic mobilisation, Iraq emerges as top Arab backer of Lebanon amid Israel offensive". The New Arab. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
Muhammad, Ali (10 November 2015). "Shia split: Sistani and Khamenei clash over Iraq's future". The New Arab. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
Menmy, Dana Taib (10 October 2024). "Iraqi officials condemn Israeli media for inciting killing of top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani". The New Arab. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

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"Could Isis take Iraq's capital?". New Statesman. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

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Dehghanpisheh, Babak (13 February 2005). "WHAT SISTANI WANTS". Newsweek. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

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Buckley, Cara (18 December 2007). "Gays Living in Shadows of New Iraq". The New York Times.

prospectmagazine.co.uk

"Intellectuals". Prospect. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

rasid.com

"شبكة راصد الإخبارية". Rasid. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

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"Welcome to The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre". The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

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Ahmed H. al-Rahim (2005). "The Sistani Factor". Journal of Democracy. 16 (3): 50–53 [p. 51]. doi:10.1353/jod.2005.0038. S2CID 145657469.

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Mudabber, Mahdi. "جنگ بلخاب؛ دفتر آیت الله سیستانی و بنیاد بابه مزاری به آوارگان کمک ارسال کردند/ گزارش شفقنا | خبرگزاری شیعیان افغانستان | Afghanistan – Shia News Agency". af.shafaqna.com (in Dari). Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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Ali Saif. "Iltizam Najl Samahat al-Sayyid al-Sistani Bil Ta'limat al-Sihiyya Athnaa Iqamat Salat al-Mayyit" [Sayyid Sistani's son complies with health measures during funeral]. Shafaqna News Association. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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"Sistani.org". Sistani.org.
"Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani was born on 9th Rabi Al-Awwal 1349 A.H. in the holy city of Mashhad". Sistani.org.
"نص الخطبة الثانية التي ألقاها ممثل المرجعية الدينية العليا فضيلة العلاّمة السيد أحمد الصافي في يوم الجمعة (3/ ربيع الأول/ 1441 هـ) الموافق (1/11/2019)" (in Arabic). Sistani.org. وليس لأي شخص أو مجموعة أو جهة بتوجه معين أو أي طرف اقليمي أو دولي أن يصادر إرادة العراقيين في ذلك ويفرض رأيه عليهم
"Biography – The Official Website of the Office of His Eminence Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani". www.sistani.org. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
"استفتاء از معظم له درباره عرفان صاحب فصوصی – بایگانی – پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دفتر مرجع عالیقدر آقای سید علی حسینی سیستانی". www.sistani.org. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
"إستفتاء حول العرفان – الأرشيف – موقع مكتب سماحة المرجع الديني الأعلى السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني (دام ظله)". www.sistani.org. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
"Biography – The Official Website of the Office of His Eminence Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani". www.sistani.org. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
Works of Sayyid Al al-Sistani Archived 13 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine

tehranbureau.com

Ayatollah Watch Archived 15 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine quoting statement on his website on 9 August 2009

telegraph.co.uk

Gethin Chamberlain; Aqeel Hussein (4 September 2006). "I no longer have power to save Iraq from civil war, warns Shia leader". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.

theatlantic.com

Watling, Jack (22 December 2016). "The Shia Militias of Iraq". The Atlantic. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

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"The Muslim 500". The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
"The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims 2023" (PDF). Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

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Fattah, Hassan (26 April 2004). "The 2004 TIME 100 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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AL-KHOEI, Hayder (8 September 2016). "Post-Sistani Iraq, Iran, and the Future of Shia Islam". War on the Rocks. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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Mamouri, Ali (September 2019). "The Najaf Seminary as an Enduring Check on Shia Political Islam". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Policy Note (67): 2. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

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Philip Kennicot (18 February 2005). "The Religious Face of Iraq". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

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Sami Moubayed (10 February 2005). "Coming to terms with Sistani". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"When Grand Ayatullah Sistani Speaks, Millions Obey: Says Time". al-khoei.org. 30 April 2005. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
Gethin Chamberlain; Aqeel Hussein (4 September 2006). "I no longer have power to save Iraq from civil war, warns Shia leader". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
"Shiite Cleric Seen as Iraq's Most Influential Leader". Fox News. AP. 27 November 2003. Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007. a frail, 70-something Shiite Muslim (search) cleric with a heart condition—has emerged in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq as the land's most influential figure, something US planners may not have counted on.
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"Intellectuals". Prospect. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
Martin Kramer (4 April 2003). "The Ayatollah Who Spared Najaf". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
Dueling Ayatollahs Sistani Khamenei Shiite Iran Iraq Archived 2 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine al-monitor.com
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Ayatollah Watch Archived 15 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine quoting statement on his website on 9 August 2009
Sadegh Zibakalam (2 March 2010). "Iran's top priority in Iraq is anti-Americanism". Daily Star. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
"Iraqi Shia protest against Al-Jazeera's "insults" against top cleric". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
"Hezbollah Denounces Offense against Shiites, Sayyed Sistani". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
Pepe Escobar (31 August 2005). "Sistani. Qom: In the wired heart of Shi'ism". Asian Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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"IRAQ: The ayatollah gets hacked". Los Angeles Times. 20 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
"شبكة راصد الإخبارية". Rasid. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
Works of Sayyid Al al-Sistani Archived 13 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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Fattah, Hassan (26 April 2004). "The 2004 TIME 100 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
Makiya, Kanan (18 April 2005). "The 2005 TIME 100 – TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

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"اختراق عناوين بريد GroupXP الوهابية التي تحرشت بمواقع الشيعة". YouTube. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
"صوت السيد علي السيستاني" on YouTube
"السيستاني يتكلم الفارسية صوت وصوره ومن فمهم ندينم" on YouTube